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CHAPTER II
THE REVOLUTION
The wide-spread discontent, which had
found vent for a time in whispers and
quiet remonstrances, broke out at last into اعتراضها
open rebellion in one of the remotest parts دورترین
of the country. The Shinwaris, a strong
and war-like tribe, well-armed and sufficiently
disciplined, who live on the eastern border
of Afghanistan near the mouth of the
Khyber Pass, were the first to rise, in order,
as they professed, to end the unpopular
regime of King Amanullah Khan. They
began by attacking the Government mili-
tary posts of Achin and Kai on November
14, 1928. The soldiers who had many
شکایتها grievances were demoralized and offered but
بی جرئت feeble resistance. Their officers, who were
unaware of the wide-spread ill-feeling, were
taken by surprise, and were soon overpowered.
The soldiers were disarmed, the officers
imprisoned, and large quantities of ammuni-
tion, which stood them in good stead, fell
into the hands of the rebels. Then they
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